The 吃瓜tv will take part in more than 20 events at , bringing hands-on activities, demonstrations and workshops to venues across the city from 4-14 June.
Festival-goers will have the opportunity to , , and .
The University itself will be hosting several events, including showcase days for the Department of and .
Festival features
There will also be returns for two long-running, 吃瓜tv-led features of the Festival: , tours of Glasgow’s scientific landmarks led by Dr Carol Trager-Cowan, and , an outreach programme led by the Department of Chemical & Process Engineering.
吃瓜tv’s programme also includes a wide range of events for families, schools and adults, exploring everything from sustainability and language to sound, lasers and radiotherapy.
• , which will explore the effects of acoustic pollution on nature
• , where visitors will have the chance to create their own nanopolymer ball and win prizes in a recycling challenge
• , which offers the opportunity to make a bird from natural and recycled materials and take it on a journey to gather languages;
• , where researchers will demonstrate biophotonic diagnostic tools by lighting up blood vessels with LEDs
• , a challenge to tell real sounds and pictures from those generated by AI
• , where lasers will burst balloons and participants will go on a journey to feel like an accelerating particle
• , where visitors can create their own bots to tell the stories found in museums and archives.
All events are free to attend. Booking is required for school parties and for: Science on the Streets; Engineering a Sustainable Future (13 June only) and .
Glasgow Science Festival founder and director Dr Deborah McNeill said: “We’re thrilled to be celebrating our 20th anniversary this year with what we think is our biggest and best programme of events yet.
It’s remarkable to reflect on how far we’ve come since the start of the Festival, reaching more than a million visitors at in-person and online events. Everything we’ve achieved so far is thanks to the enthusiasm and commitment of the city’s science community and our wider partner network.
Since the first Glasgow Science Festival in 2007, organisers estimate that more than 860,000 visitors have attended events and more than 200,000 school pupils have taken part in outreach activities.